May 01, 2013
- The Atlantic
Atlantic: What Muslims around the world think about women's rights, in charts
We often talk about "the Islamic world," or the "Muslim community,"
but sometimes it takes being smacked with an enormous, amazing data dump
to remind us
that Muslims are actually an incredibly diverse group -- if you can
call them a group -- who adhere to views that
are informed by their cultural and political context as much as
their religion.
April 08, 2013
- The Associated Press
AP: Evangelicals push immigration path
Senior pastor Kenton Beshore said the first sermons on the plight of illegal immigrants didn't go over well with many members of his evangelical church, which sits on a 50-acre campus in Orange County and has a 3,400-seat sanctuary, sports facilities, restaurant and a man-made lake.
April 03, 2013
- AFP
AFP: New pope wins over US Catholics: poll
His papacy has hardly begun, but 84 percent of Roman Catholics in the United States have a favorable view of Pope Francis, according to a Pew Research Center poll released Wednesday.
March 15, 2013
- The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: In Latin America, Catholics see a lift
The choice of a Latin American to lead the globe's 1.2 billion Catholics stands to reinvigorate the church in its Latin American stronghold, helping it fight off growing inroads from Protestant evangelicals and raising its profile on controversial social issues like gay marriage and abortion.